Tamara Rewse
Tamara Rewse has worked as a director, puppeteer, puppet maker and performer in puppet and visual theatre since 1997.
As a performer and puppeteer Tamara has worked for some of Australia's leading companies creating theatre for young audiences. Most recently these include Windmill Theatre (BEEP/GRUG/HICCUP!), Windmill Pictures (BEEP AND MORT ABC TV), Lemony S Theatre (Picasso and His Dog, Taking the Waters), Everybody Now (The Inaugural Annual Dance Affair), Arena Theatre Company (Mr. Freezy), Black Hole Theatre (COOP) and is a lead artist at Polyglot Theatre (TOTEMS, Tangle, We Built this City and City of Riddles, Tangle Weave, Forest Feast, Mungari Wilcha, First on the Ladder).
For almost 15 years Tamara has worked for Windmill Theatre making all of their puppets and assisting as a puppetry consultant and puppet director, (BEEP AND MORT ABC TV, BEEP, GRUG & GRUG and the Rainbow, Pinocchio, School Dance, Escape to Peligro Island) and performing in many of their most popular shows. (BEEP, GRUG & GRUG and the Rainbow.) She has more recently been working as rehearsal director for the remounting of many of their touring shows notably the 10 year anniversary of GRUG.
Tamara is a core founding member of the award winning object puppetry group Men of Steel (Hard Rubbish & Men of Steel), voted 2007 Top 7 shows for Children-Time Out UK & 2006 Melbourne Comedy Festival Directors Award
Her skills also include making props and puppets for film, television and theatre. Film and Television Credits include: The Chronicles of Narnia – Voyage of the Dawn Treader(2009), Fury Road (2010), Eye of the Storm(2010) and Elephant Princess(2009)
In 2020 Tamara founded Puppet making company Things of Foam and Wood with long time colleague Hamish Fletcher. Things of Foam and Wood specialise in making egonomic touring puppets notably the puppets for BLUEYS BIG PLAY.
Education
2004 Postgraduate Degree in Puppetry
Victorian College of the Arts
1999 Bachelor of Arts (Drama and Contemporary Dance)
Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
Deakin University, Victoria
Feb-April 2024│BLUEYS BIG PLAY › Things of Foam and Wood for Andrew Kay and Associates - co-workshop Director
Jan- April 2024│Ada, Asmin and the Mechanical Engine › Lemony S- Designer
April -Sept 2023│TOTEMS› Polyglot Theatre - co artistic Director
May-Nov 2023│BLUEYS BIG PLAY › Things of Foam and Wood for Andrew Kay and Associates - co-workshop Director
June 2023│BEEP&MORT › Windmill Pictures/ABC TV - Puppet Director
April 2023│Grug and The Rainbow › Windmill Theatre - Rehearsal Director
April 2023│The Gardeners› Things of Foam and Wood – Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival
Feb 2023│Imagine LIVE for Nicholas Clark Management› Things of Foam and Wood – Design and make
Nov 2022- Jan 2023│HICCUP!› Windmill Theatre – 2nd set of puppets make for touring show
Aug- Oct 2022│Trebuchet› Things of Foam and Wood/creative development – Maker/ Director
June 2022│Are we there yet? for CDP › Things of Foam and Wood – Puppet maker
May- June 2022│Cicada › Barking Gecko - Things of Foam and Wood – Puppet maker
May- Aug 2022│BLUEYS BIG PLAY › Things of Foam and Wood – Remake and reskin
April 2022 │Ada, Asmin and the Mechanical Engine › Lemony S – Designer
Feb- April 2022 │The Gardeners › Things of Foam and Wood for Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival
Nov 2021 │BEEP AND MORT › Windmill Pictures/ABCTV – Puppet Director
Sept 2021 │BEEP AND MORT › Windmill Pictures/ABCTV – Puppet maker/ puppetry consultant
May 2021 │Thoughtaculture › Polyglot Theatre – Workshop artist
Jan- March 2021 │HICCUP! › Windmill Theatre – Puppet maker/ Puppetry consultant.
Nov 2020 │Ada, Asmin and the Analytical Engine › Lemony S – Designer
May 2020 │Creative Curriculum › Arts Centre Melbourne – Puppetry teacher
March 2020 │NEST (new work)› Polyglot Theatre – Director
Feb 2020 │BEEP › Windmill Theatre – Rehearsal Director -
Adelaide/Vancouver
Oct -Nov 2019 │Taking the Waters › Polyglot Theatre –
Puppeteer/ Puppet maker
Aug– Oct 2019 │Picasso and His Dog › Lemony S –
Puppeteer/ Performer RAV Tour
Oct 2019 │ BEEP › Windmill Theatre – Rehearsal Director
April 2018 -Aug 2019 │First on the Ladder-Moree › Polyglot Theatre –
Artist, Community Engagement
July 2019 │ BEEP › Windmill Theatre – Rehearsal Director
(Arts Centre Melb and Syd Opera House Season)
Aug 2019 │Paper Planet - special schoools › PolyglotTheatre - Artist
April, May, June 2019 │ Creative Classrooms › Arts Centre Melbourne – Workshop Leader
April 2019 │Mungari Wilcha (Perth season) › Polyglot Theatre and the Tjanpi Desert Weavers – Artist
Jan 2019 │Invisible Orchestra › Polyglot Theatre with Invisible Orchestra – Performer
Oct – Nov 2018 │Paper Planet - special schools › Polyglot Theatre
Aug 2018 │The Inaugural Annual Dance Affair, Whittlesea › EverybodyNow Community liaison performer
Jun 2018 │The Inaugural Annual Dance Affair - Horsham ›EverybodyNow Performer
Dec 2017-Jan 2018 │ VR Flower Installation › Google & Sandpit collab – Maker
Nov 2017 │Tjanpi Desert Weavers › Polyglot Theatre – Artist
Aug-Sept 2017 │ Grug and the Rainbow RAV tour › Windmill Theatre – Performer
July 2017 │Tjanpi Desert Weavers › Polyglot Theatre – Artist
June-July 2017 │ BEEP › Windmill Theatre – Maker, Puppetry consultant
May-June 2017 │Grug and the Rainbow USA & Canada › Windmill Theatre Performer
April 2017 │ BEEP creative development › Windmill Theatre – Puppetry consultant
Feb 2017 │Paper Planet Shanghai › Polyglot Theatre – Artist
Nov 2016 │Tjanpi Weavers Collaboration › Polyglot Theatre – Artist
June-July 2016 │Picasso and His Dog › Lemony S – Puppeteer/ Performer
Jan 2016 │Tangle Weave › Polyglot Theatre at the Arts Centre Melbourne – Performer
Oct 2015│Paper Planet › Polyglot Theatre at the Arts Centre Melbourne –
Artist/Workshop leader
July 2015 │Grug and The Rainbow › Windmill Theatre – Performer
Oct 2012-April 2013 │Tangle Weave › Polyglot Theatre – Artist/Facilitator
Nov 2013 │Picasso and his Dog › Lemony S – Performer/Puppeteer
April-Sept 2013 │Hard Rubbish › Men of Steel with The Malthouse Theatre Devisor/Performer/Puppeteer
May 2012 │Pinocchio › Windmill Theatre Company – Puppet maker
Feb 2012 │Tangle › Polyglot Theatre – Performer
Feb 2012 │How to Train Your Dragon › DreamWorks - Props Maker
Dec 2011-Jan 2012 │School Dance › Windmill Theatre – Puppet Maker
Oct 2011 │Morbid Porn › Skite Vikingr –La Mama - Writer/Performer
Oct 2011 │City of Riddles › Polyglot Theatre – Carriage Works Sydney
Performer/Puppeteer
Sept-Oct 2011 │Men of Steel › Men of Steel – RAV Tour - Puppeteer
Aug 2011 │Grug › Windmill Theatre – ACM & QPAC - Puppeteer
June-July 2011 │City of Riddles › Polyglot Theatre -RAVTour Performer/Puppeteer
May 2011 │House of Dreaming › Arena Theatre Company – Maker
Mar-Apr 2011 │City of Riddles › Polyglot Theatre – Collaborator/performer
March 2011 │Tangle › Polyglot Theatre – Collaborator & performer
Feb-March 2011 │Escape from Peligro Island › Windmill Theatre
Maker & design assistant
Jan 2011 │GRUG › Windmill Theatre – Maker
Aug-Dec 2010 │City Of Riddles › Polyglot Theatre – Puppeteer/maker
Aug 2010 │The Tent › Darwin Festival - Matt Prest and Collaborators
Puppeteer
June-Aug 2010 │Mad Max 4 › Fox Studios Sydney - Costume props maker
June 2010 │Mr. Freezy › Sydney Theatre Company – Performer/Puppeteer
May 2010 │Eye of the Storm › Melb – Costume and dress making
April -May 2010 │Mr. Freezy › Arena Theatre Company – ACM – Puppeteer
Feb 2010 │Tamagotchi Tam › Adelaide Fringe Festival – Performer.
Jan 2010 │Mr Freezy › Pittsburgh, USA – IPAY – Performer/Puppeteer
December 2009 │ Grug › Windmill Theatre Adelaide - Maker
November 2009 │Men of Steel › Japan Tour – Kochi & Kanazawa – Puppeteer
Oct- November 2009 │ Mr Freezy › Arena Theatre Company - Performer
Aug -Oct 2009 │ The Chronicles of Narnia, Voyage of the Dawn Treader Maker Costume Props
July 2009 │ AFRICA My Darling Patricia › Performer 2 weeks development
June–July 2009 │ Morbid Porn with Duda Paiva › Melbourne Australia -
Performer/Puppeteer
Jan–May 2009 │ Glogauer Residency › Berlin Germany - Tuckerbag Exhibited in Kunstraum Bethanian
July–October 2008 │ Mr Freezy › Arena Theatre Company – Puppeteer
May 2008 │ Men of Steel › Singapore National Museum – Puppeteer
April 2008 │ COOP › UNIMA International Puppetry Festival, Perth,-
Black Hole Theatre - Performer
Apr 2008 │Men of Steel › UNIMA International Puppetry Festival-Puppeteer
April 2008 │ Men of Steel › Auckland Comedy Festival – Puppeteer
Mar 2008 │ Men of Steel › Adelaide Fringe Festival - Puppeteer
April 2008 │ COOP › Black Hole Theatre - Puppeteer/Performer
Nov 07- Jan 08 │ Men of Steel › London Soho Theatre – Puppeteer
October 2007 │ Men of Steel › China & Hong Kong – Puppeteer
September 2007 │Men of Steel › Ireland Dublin Fringe Festival
August 2007 │Men of Steel › Scotland Edinburgh Fringe Festival
April 2007│ Men of Steel On Holiday › Melbourne International Comedy Festival
March 2007│ Men of Steel › Adelaide Australia Adelaide Fringe Festival
June 2006│Men of Steel On Holiday › Melbourne International Puppetry Festival
Sept 2006│Handspan Puppet Theatre Scholarship › Charleville Meziere International Festival of Puppetry
November 2006│ Schaubude Puppentheatre › Berlin Assistant to Director Sylvia Brendenal
April 2006│ Men of Steel › Melbourne International Comedy Festival Winner Festival Directors Award March 2006│The Human Layer › Adelaide Fringe Festival - Director, Producer, Puppeteer, Puppet maker
October 2005│The Human Layer › Melbourne Intl Fringe Festival Winner Most Visionary Work
March- 2005│ La Fontainne › Melbourne Australia PD with Petr Matasek (DRAK Cheque Republic)
April The Amazing Kids Circus, › West Side Circus - Artistic Director
November2004│ Resonance › Victorian College of the Arts -Puppeteer
Feb 1997-June 1998│ Recovery ABC TV › Co-Host / Content Researcher
December 1997│ Minds Eye › Handspan & Back to Back Theatre - Performer/Puppet Maker
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